Account and Business Development Manager Specialty Polyamide (m/f/d)

One Arkema

Are you passionate about sustainable materials and driving sales growth? Look no further! Arkema’s High Performance Polymers Business is seeking a dynamic Account & Business Development Manager to join our Speciality Polyamide team in Germany.

A certified top employer, Arkema is a global leader in Innovative Materials for a Sustainable World.

Your Tasks:

1. In charge of Specialty Polyamides granules sales & business development in DACH (volume, price, margin) and CEE to Industrial, Consumers and Textile markets.
2. Implement the sales strategy on the field in line with the guidelines issued by Global Market Managers and Sales Director: negotiate volume, prices at customers including distributors.
3. Be very active prospecting on the field, initiating new projects, leading them until recurrent sales.
4. High value added specialty polymers supplied to fast growing markets, double digit yearly growth supported by a hunting mode team spirit.
5. Outstanding industrial investments ongoing bringing soon additional production capacities all over the world and mainly focused on biobased products which demand is high.
6. Business report to Global Market manager Industry / O&G / / EMEA Sales based in France.
7. Hierarchical report to the local / regional country Manager based in Arkema local affiliate office or home-based.

Your Qualifications:

1. 3-5 years in sales and/or business development.
2. Fluent in German and English. French is a plus.
3. Graduated from an Engineer School/PhD with a high commercial sense and high communication skills.
4. Experience in an International business environment and within matrix organisations.
5. Good understanding of Technical Polymers performances and processing is a plus.
6. Autonomy, reactivity, curiosity, self-starter, perfectly organized.
7. Travels/facing customers 50% of the time.

Our Offer:

1. An attractive salary with company car.
2. An attractive employee share program.
3. 30 days annual leave.
4. Extensive social benefits of a group company such as a company pension allowance, accident insurance (also applies privately), term life insurance.